Relics from Oxford to be valued.

Ordered, That the Copes shall be priced by an
Upholsterer, what the Value of them is; and to be
brought hither To- (fn. 1) morrow, with the Plate which was
brought from Oxford.

Letters from the King, and Commissioners with Him.

A Letter from the Commissioners was read, with a
Letter from the King inclosed. (Here enter them.)

Ordered, That this House will take the King's Letter into Consideration To-morrow Morning.

Langham and Lymbery.

This Day Sir Thomas Beddingfield, Counsel with Alderman Langham, &c. against Captain Lymbery, &c.
made an Argument in Answer to Mr. Maynard's Argument.

It is Ordered, That the Counsel of Alderman Langham, &c. and Captain Lymbery, &c. shall attend the
Judges between this and Monday Night next, and by
Consent state the Case that hath been argued at this
Bar in Matter of Fact, both as it came into the Chancery, and in the Proceedings there, and the Judges to
report the same to this House on Tuesday Morning
next.

Letter from the Commissioners with the King, with One from Him; and desiring Directions.

"For the Right Honourable the Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the House of Peers pro
Tempore. These.

"My Lord,

"This Day the King delivered us a Letter, to be
sent from Himself to both Houses, with Leave to
read it; which we thought fit to excuse, and have
sent it here inclosed without Knowledge of the Contents; holding it our Duty not to hinder any Intercourse betwixt His Majesty and the Houses. We earnestly desire their Lordships Directions for the future,
which shall be carefully observed until they shall be
pleased to recall us from this Service; which we are
bold to intreat as a special Favour from their Lordships, after so long a Journey and Attendance in this
Service; wherein we have enjoyed ourselves only in
our faithful Endeavours to give a good Account of
the Trust they reposed in,

Holdenby, 17 Febr. 1646.

"My Lord,

"Your Lordship's most faithful Servants,

"Pembrooke & Mount.
B. Denbigh.
Edw. Mountagu."

Letter from the King, desiring some of His Chaplains may attend Him.

To the Speaker of the House of Peers pro
Tempore; to be communicated to the Lords
and Commons in the Parliament assembled
at Westminster.

"Holdenby, 17 Febr. 1646.

"Since I have never dissembled nor hid my Conscience, and that I am not yet satisfied with those
Alterations in Religion to which ye desire My Consent, I will not lose Time in giving Reasons (which
are obvious to every-body) why it is fit for Me to be
attended by some of My Chaplains whose Opinions
as Clergymen I esteem and reverence, not only for
the Exercise of My Conscience, but also even for
clearing My Judgement concerning the present Differences in Religion; as I have at full declared to
Mr. Marshall and his Fellow Minister, having shewed them that this is the best and likeliest Means of
giving Me Satisfaction (which without it I cannot
have) in these Things, whereby the Distractions of
this Church may be the better settled. Wherefore I
desire that at least Two of these Reverend Divines,
whose Names I have here set down, may have free
Liberty to wait upon Me, for the discharging of their
Duty to Me according to their Function.